Post * noeb — Curious Curator

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TIL Steven Spielberg and John Landis were charged with involuntary manslaughter following the deaths of three actors on the set of The Twilight Zone movie.

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EgMKW TIL Greek poet K.Karyotakis spend 10 hours trying to commit suicide by drowning at sea before giving up and deciding to shoot himself. His suicide note ends with a humorous advice to never try and drown yourself if you're a swimmer, and a promise to write down the "impressions of a drowning man"

Amw4 TIL scientists found a tomato plant on a 40 year old volcanic island. They were dumbfounded as to how it got there. It turned out that it grew from the poop that a scientist had taken on the island.

KYbDa TIL: The only member of ZZ Top without a beard had the last name "Beard"

KYgBB TIL that performance artist Chris Burden shot a pistol at a 747 in 1973. In 1971 he had a friend shoot him in the arm with a .22 rifle.

D1mQD TIL flypaper used to be made with metallic arsenic, which some people would soak in water to extract the poison. Fly paper had been used in several murder cases.